Announcements:
*I posted a few weeks ago about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having this week on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-7:00 both nights. Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule. I NEED to sit down with all parents to discuss the success of your child.  Thanks so much for signing up!
**No School Monday, February 20th due to President’s Day! Enjoy your long weekend!**
**Friday, February 24th is a Dollar Dress Down Day with early out at 1:00. **

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will be working on fractions throughout the next month.
Monday-No School- President’s Day
Tuesday- Fractions of a set hmwk 1
Wednesday- fractions of a group hmwk 1
Thursday-fractions of a group 2
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!


Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long and short /o/ vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-18 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I totally forgot to post the poems for the month, so here is a reminder to study and practice poems to pass off by the end of February.  Also, each student need to finish a chapter book and complete a Great Brain Report by the last day of the month.

Announcements:
*I posted a few weeks ago about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-7:00 both nights. Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule. I’m excited to sit down with every student’s parents.

Multiplication Madness: We have learned all of our multiplication facts 0-12. The students will have an opportunity daily to pass them off until February 14th.  Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on division and multiplication.
Monday-division on a numberline hmwk 1
Tuesday- division on a number line 2
Wednesday-Repeated subtraction as division 1
Thursday-division word problems hmwk
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!


Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-16 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Announcements:
*I posted last week about our spring Parent/Teacher Conferences we are having on February 21st (Tues.) and February 23rd (Thurs.) from 3:00-7:00 both nights.  Please go back to that post and sign-up for a time that works best for your schedule.  I’m excited to sit down with every student’s parents.

* We are starting division this week, and I am doing a math activity with Skittles early in the week. Please let me know if you do not want your child to eat the Skittles after we complete the division assignment.

*We will be having an Inference Super Bowl Party this Friday, February 3rd.  We will be using a few different commercials from years past.  I will be giving out Doritos, Sprite and Twinkies to go along with the commercials.  Please let me know if you do not want your child to eat these things.

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 12’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 7’s, 8’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area. At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday-division hmwk 1
Tuesday- division hmwk 2
Wednesday-division hmwk 3
Thursday-division word problems
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!
**Short Day at 1:00 dismissal, but it is NOT a Dress Down Day**

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-15 2-15 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a nice and snowy, winter weekend!!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 7’s and 8’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 6’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area. At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday-area of composite shapes 1 
Tuesday- Area of composite shapes 2
Wednesday-area of composite shapes 3
Thursday-No Homework Tonight!!!
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!
                 **Short Day at 1:00 dismissal and Dollar Dress Down Day**

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-14 Sheet1
Monday-Indicated Sort
Tuesday-ABC Sort
Wednesday-Sort by the number of letters in each word
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a wonderful long holiday weekend!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 6’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as well as reviewing area.  At the end of the week we will be starting perimeter and area of composite shapes.
Monday- No Homework-MLKJr. Day
Tuesday- area hmwk 1
Wednesday-area hmwk 2
Thursday-area story problems
**Friday-Homework and Sort and Reading Log due!

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long a vowel sounds.
Please print off this sort: 2-13 Sheet1
Tuesday-Indicated Sort
Wednesday-ABC Sort
Thursday-Speed Sort
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

I hope everyone had a nice weekend! I’m hoping you all stayed warm!  Brrr!
Just a reminder that we have NO SCHOOL on Friday (1/13).  It is a Teacher Work Day since it’s the end of the 2nd term.  There is also NO SCHOOL on Monday, January16th to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.  Have a nice long holiday weekend!

Multiplication Madness: We will be learning our 3’s and 4’s this week. We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 5’s, 9’s, 10’s and 11’s. Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home. Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math-We will continue to work on multiplication as we learn area.  We will be doing an area lesson/activity this week using Cheese-Its.  After the lesson is completed, we will eat the crackers.  If you do not want your child to eat the Cheese-Its, please let me know.
Monday- area-1
Tuesday- area-2
Wednesday-area-3
Thursday- Homework due!
**Friday-No School/Teacher Work Day (End of 2nd Term)**

Spelling
No sorts this week, due to the short week.  We are also re-assessing the students with spelling and reading this week, therefore we will be just reviewing.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  I’m super excited for 2017!  It’s going to be fabulous year!

Multiplication Madness:  We will be learning our 9’s and 11’s this week.  We will also be reviewing and passing off 0’s, 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s.  Please continue to practice and drill these multiplication facts at home.  Thanks for all the hard work!

Homework:

Reading
Of course, reading is the most important part of our homework! All of us should be reading 20 minutes a night, 5 nights a week. Please print off the Sort and Reading Log to record how many minutes your child read each night. Please sign and return it on Friday.

Math
Monday- No homework!
Tuesday- 15 minutes of Prodigy (multiplication)
Wednesday-15 minutes of Prodigy( multiplication)
Thursday- 15 of Prodigy (multiplication)

Spelling
This week the students will be reviewing long vowel sounds we’ve already learned this year.
Please print off this sort: 2-12-sheet1
The students will use this sort to practice the indicated patterns. Quest has asked us to have the students type their spelling word sort each night, but I would like to keep homework quick and simple. Just have your children sort the words. They do not need to type or write the sort.

Monday-Sort words by indicated patterns ( review /ee/, /ea/, and /oddballs/-all other patterns)
Tuesday-ABC Sort (Sort the words by initial letters.)
Wednesday- Speed Sort (Sort the words as quickly as they can.)
Thursday-Glue sort (Glue the words down in the indicated vowel pattern.)
**Please make a note on the Sort and Reading Log that a sort was done each night.**